Welcome Simone Marin Dylla!

Simone Marin arrived on Sunday, June 5th at 9:59 PM at Fountain Valley Hospital, Fountain Valley, CA.  She was only at 36 weeks and 6 days, and weighed just under 6 lbs at 5lbs 15 oz.  She is already a week old today, and here are some pictures to get you started!  If you'd like to see more, please go to https://picasaweb.google.com/alfred.dylla/SimoneMarinDylla?authkey=Gv1sRgCM6KgrLonPHWBA .  My dad has created a great album from the past week.  Enjoy!  We are so happy she is here!

Baby Fiesta!

Here are some pictures from our baby shower in San Diego.  Our heartfelt thanks goes to Jason Feinberg and Lilly Wong for hosting the event at their awesome home.  If you would like to see all of the pictures, please go to https://picasaweb.google.com/alfred.dylla/KellySBabyShower?authkey=Gv1sRgCL_ghr2zyPq3PQ&feat=email#

Pacific Symphony Baby Shower

My awesome co-workers thew an amazing shower for Ben and I on April 30th.  It was a very special event and Ben and I felt truly showered!  Thank you to Eileen Jeanette and Libby Farley for creating such an amazing shower!!!!  Kudos to Ben for being the only guy there!

Bed Rest - ugh!

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted.  Actually, I may have a lot more time to post as I've been put on modified bed rest at only 32 weeks.  That means possibly 8 weeks at home!  I have been having a lot  of braxton hicks contractions.  Today I double-checked - just how many am I having per hour - and kept a journal. I'm definitely having a lot of them - between 5 and 6 an hour.  If I lay down on my left side, then I only have 1 or 2, but who wants to do that all day?  Apparently there are no other signs of pre term labor, and everything should be fine, but it's totally a drag to quit work this early.   

On a positive note, here are some fun pictures from our weekend getaway to Palm Springs.  We stayed at the Renaissance Hotel.  We didn't leave the hotel for 24 hours and it felt like an all-inclusive vacation in Mexico without the travel or price.  Ben and I just basically hung out at the pool and rested.  It was great!

29 Week Ultrasound!

My doctor asked for a 3rd ultrasound (don't know why) but I took advantage to get another look at the baby.  Apparently she's doing well - at 29 weeks and 4 days, she weighed 3lbs!  Also, they took a few 3-D shots, which was an extra bonus.  In these pictures you can see her full mouth (definitely Ben's!) and a cute little nose.  Enjoy!

Rodeo Drive and Getting Big!

Sorry it's been over two weeks since I wrote a post.  Mom was in town last week and we had a great time.  The first day, we went for a nice walk at Manhattan Beach, napped all afternoon, then went to a Pacific Symphony Concert.  Ben returned from his work trip late Saturday night, then Sunday, we had a sightseeing day in LA.  The highlight was Rodeo Drive.  Believe it or not, I've lived here for two years and had never been to Rodeo Drive.  All I can say is, it's really clean.  Like you're on a movie set.  Here are some photos (and the first time I realized how big I'm getting!).  I don't think the outfit is helping very much...

Here is one last photo taken this weekend at 29 weeks.  I'm can't believe how big I'm getting and ready to stop this upward trend!

At the beach

Ben and I took a stroll on the Beach this weekend in Santa Monica.  We realized that we really don't need a "babymoon" because all we have to do is drive 10 minutes to the beach and we can create our own little mini vacation. 

Ben spent much of Saturday afternoon rearranging our furniture so that we could create a baby room.  We will still have our dressers in the baby room, but we've made space for a crib and I think it will be very nice.  

On Sunday, we had crazy bad rainy weather and Ben and I decided to tackle a fun arts and crafts project.  We bought some fun frames and then I took out my art supplies to make pictures for the baby room.  Ben only spent about 15 minutes on this activity, but what he made was wonderful. He describes it as 3 smiles all connected together:

My drawing was inspired by a little stone turtle that we have.  It's very abstract, but I used colors that I'd like to use for the baby room.  Orange, pink, green, and yellow.